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Over 12 million adults celebrated Valentine’s Day in Britain last year, but there are a number of little-known laws related to love from around the world that can get you into serious trouble with authorities.

Ahead of this year’s
celebrations,
The
University of Law (Ulaw)has
shared ten of the weirdest, yet completely real laws, which could
land love birds in trouble on the 14th February.

Lovemaking
on a motorbikeIt’s
illegal to have intercourse on a parked motorbike in London.
However, the law specifically states the vehicle must be parked for
this crime to apply, which raises the question about what the law
says about a moving motorbike.

Be
polite to your mother-in-lawIn
Wichita, Kansas, there is a law which makes it compulsory to be nice
to your mother-in-law. A spouse would have grounds for divorce in
the instance of any mistreatment of their mother.

Easy
on the chocolatesGifting
your Valentine a box of chocolates weighing more than 22.5 kilograms
is illegal in Idaho. It would probably take until the following
Valentine’s Day to get through them after all.

Keep
your tyres pumped upYou
are breaking the law if you have intercourse in a vehicle with flat
wheels in Cottonwood, Arizona. The punishment for this is a fine,
which would be doubled if you have intercourse on the back seat. As
good a reason as any to check your tyre pressure.

Cover
up in your hotel roomThink
again if you’ve booked a romantic evening in a Singapore hotel,
because if you’re spotted nude in a private place exposed to
public view, you are committing a crime and can face a fine or even
jail. Also, in China, women are not allowed to walk around a hotel
room unclothed (except in the bathroom).

Make
sure you’re both awakePrince
Charming beware. In Logan County, Colorado, it’s against the law
to kiss the lips of a sleeping woman.

Avoid
walk-in meat freezersIn
Newcastle, Wyoming, lovemaking inside a walk-in meat freezer is a
crime. We do wonder, however, if this really needs to be a crime to
put people off trying it?

Brush
your teethIt’s
important to be considerate of your oral hygiene if you’ve just
polished off a particularly pungent Valentine’s Day meal. In
Alexandria, Minnesota, a man is actually forbidden from having
intercourse with his wife with the smell of garlic, onion, or
sardines on his breath. If his wife requests it, the law makes it
compulsory for him to brush his teeth.

Tame
your facial hairIt’s
a good job Valentine’s Day doesn’t fall during ‘Movember’
for residents of Eureka, Nevada, as it is illegal there for men with
facial hair on their top lip to kiss women.

Respect
the churchIn
Birmingham, it’s an offence to have intercourse on church stairs
after sunset.

Aruna
Verma, Associate Professor at
The University of Law, adds: “Valentine’s Day is a wonderful
celebration of romance where people can pull out all the stops for
their beloved partners, but the fun could be stopped if the above
laws aren’t abided by.

“Some
of the above laws may be outdated and not properly enforced anymore,
but a few countries have even tried to ban Valentine’s Day in
recent memory, so you should always consider the laws and culture of
other countries when travelling abroad.”